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We learn to think to avoid that. That's what books are for
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Non-Fiction

We learn to think to avoid that.That's what books are for

We learn to think to avoid that.
That's what books are for

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We learn to think to avoid that. That's what books are for.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:20
Uploaded
Jun 24, 2025
Genres
comedy, drama, romance
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Movie Summary

Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry and their wives.
Writing will dematerialise. It's a fact. - Non-Fiction 00:04
Writing will dematerialise. It's a fact.
New generations grow up with computers. It's different. - Non-Fiction 00:05
New generations grow up with computers. It's different.
- Just more and more bloggers. - With time to waste. - Non-Fiction 00:04
- Just more and more bloggers. - With time to waste.
What speech? Some incontinent flow? - Non-Fiction 00:04
What speech? Some incontinent flow?
Because my blog is read, some of its readers buy my books. - Non-Fiction 00:05
Because my blog is read, some of its readers buy my books.
Hence the success Alain was crowing about. - Non-Fiction 00:04
Hence the success Alain was crowing about.
Your books do great on Kindle. - Non-Fiction 00:04
Your books do great on Kindle.
Check the figures. It's the elderly who read. - Non-Fiction 00:05
Check the figures. It's the elderly who read.
Roughly speaking, retirees. Among them, mostly women. - Non-Fiction 00:05
Roughly speaking, retirees. Among them, mostly women.
They're more convenient. easier, lighter, handier. - Non-Fiction 00:04
They're more convenient. easier, lighter, handier.
I take a book. It's lighter than an e-reader. - Non-Fiction 00:04
I take a book. It's lighter than an e-reader.
We'll read fewer books and they'll be on e-readers. - Non-Fiction 00:04
We'll read fewer books and they'll be on e-readers...
Truth is, books still sell. Less, but they sell. - Non-Fiction 00:04
Truth is, books still sell. Less, but they sell.
No more intermediaries - distributors, bookstores, printers. - Non-Fiction 00:05
No more intermediaries - distributors, bookstores, printers.
It does the same editing on manuscripts, - Non-Fiction 00:06
It does the same editing on manuscripts,
Not for people used to electronic books. - Non-Fiction 00:05
Not for people used to electronic books.
All we do is lose the fabrication process. - Non-Fiction 00:05
All we do is lose the fabrication process.
- My blog could be on your site. - Exactly. - Non-Fiction 00:05
- My blog could be on your site. - Exactly.
We do the same exact thing as now. - Non-Fiction 00:04
We do the same exact thing as now.
We'll part with some, hire others. No fewer posts. - Non-Fiction 00:04
We'll part with some, hire others. No fewer posts.